Santa Barbara County Moves Dam Feasibility Study Forward
The Santa Barbara County Water Agency pushes full feasibility examination of the Salsipuedes Reservoir Project in Lom poc Valley to boost regional water supply. Lawrance cites it as the largest undeveloped water source, with letters to federal and state officials seeking funding eligibility, feasibility determination, and highway relocation study information.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara County
Water Agency
Harrell Fletcher
Charles H. Lawrance
Lawrance
Fletcher
Billy E. Martin
Mid-Pacific
Bureau of Reclamation
Salsipuedes
U.S
Alan Cranston
California
Salsipuedes Project
E. Frank Gregory
State Department of Transportation District
Salsipuedes Dam
Salsipuedes Creek
Santa Ynez River
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Alan Davidson
Francis H. Beattie
Leon Lunt
Lawrence
Lompoc Narrows
Terrorists give up free OPEC hostages in Vienna siege
In a 25 hour arc across North Africa, four men and a woman calling themselves the Arm of the Arab Revolution surrendered at Algiers Airport handing over their machineguns after exhausted airline crews refused further flights. Algerian officials consider trial or transfer to the PLO. The group demanded an Arab stance against Israel and funds for the Palestinian cause.
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Algiers
Algeria
UPI
Vienna
North Africa
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Beirut Parliament Session Canceled Amid Beirut Conflict
Gunfire and sniper activity shut Beirut streets and blocked parliament as fighting worsened in Zahle and the government said Syria would clamp down on illicit arms. Nine of 99 deputies reached parliament under heavy guard. Speaker Kamal Assad canceled the session for lack of quorum. More than 70 killed and 130 wounded in Zahle conflict.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Zahle
Syria
Parliament House
Parliament
Kamal Assad
IRS to Mail 84 Million Tax Forms After Christmas
The Internal Revenue Service will mail 84 million income tax forms the day after Christmas in what may be the largest single mailing in history. Forms go to homes and businesses nationwide and are due by April 15. Printing began December 1 in Gallatin Tennessee Green Bay Wisconsin and Warsaw Indiana then shipped directly to taxpayers.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
Gallatin
Public pulse on campus smoking survey in Lompoc
A committee led by Supt. Clarence Bloom will survey community opinion on on campus smoking by mailing a nine question questionnaire to about 13 000 homes in Lompoc and nearby areas. Results will be computerized at Cabrillo High School and forwarded to Bloom for board recommendation.
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Lompoc Unified School
Supt
Clarence Bloom
Bloom
Lompoc
Robert Wiener
Cabrillo High School
John Murray
Lompoc High School
Vandenberg Village
Mission Hills
Cabrillo
Ocean Way
Walnut Avenue
City of Lompoc
Weather outlook with morning fog and mild warmth
The forecast stays fair through Wednesday with patchy morning fog and slightly higher temperatures. Daytime highs are expected in the 60s and overnight lows in the 30s, with light winds and two sets of tides on Wednesday including high tides at 2.6 and 4.0 feet and low tides at 2.1 and 0.7 feet.
Village group fails to halt development near St Andrews Way
Vandenberg Village residents lost their bid to overturn Santa Barbara County Planning Commission approval of a 49-lot development by Vandenberg Village Development Co at the northwest end of St Andrews Way. The Board of Supervisors approved the tentative map 4-1 amid traffic and service concerns. Public Works to study geology before final tract map. opponents warned of potential soil slips.
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Vandenberg Village
County Planning Commission
St. Andrews Way
Santa Barbara
Charles Wagner
Francis H. Beattie
James M. Slater
North County
Board of Supervisors
Goleta Valley
Public Works
Kissinger warns USSR on Angola expansion and urges restraint
Secretary of State Kissinger declared the United States will resist Soviet military expansion in Angola and elsewhere as he warned Moscow that detente does not mean blank check military aid. He called for restraint to avoid tense relations and criticized Congress for pressuring cutoffs of CIA support to anti MPLA factions. He tied aid to a possible negotiated peace, noting the difficulty as long as the Soviet and Cuban lines aid MPLA.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Angola
Kissinger
Russia
Congress
Soviet Union
Senate
Ford Administration
CIA
Moscow
U.S
MPLA
Cuba
President signs bill extending tax cuts for 1976
President Ford signed a bill extending tax cuts through the first half of 1976, keeping withholding rates unchanged for January. The measure totals about 16.8 billion dollars in savings, with most going to individuals, and was signed aboard Air Force One as Ford traveled to Vail for a Christmas family reunion.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Upi
Ford
Air Force One
Vail
White House
Congress
Treasury
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Liberty
Jack
Rocky Mountains
Nessen
Planners approve radiator shop in C-2 R zone over staff
Lompoc Planning Commission reversed staff, voting 3-1 to allow Leroy Begg a radiator repair shop at 219 E Ocean Ave with a conditional use permit in the C-2 R central business zone. The decision included a year review and an enclosed paint booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
John Peto
Vernon Copeland
William Paulin
Fick
Leroy Begg
E. Ocean Ave
Begg
Commission
Kranig and Fick
Planning Department
Community Development Department
Planning Commission
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Ed Rodgers
Burnham Truman
Alberta Morgan
Ray Down
Joe Valencia
Art Scott
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